Louis Jordan - Old Man Mose (original soundtrack) video free download

Withershadow

At around the 2 minute mark, I'm reminded of Buddy Love from the Nutty Professor. I wonder if this guy was an influence on Eddie Murphy? :P

paul the king

Decon Jones you got to look that up for some old skool jazz moves.

ArtLoversStudio18

Thank you.

Themaddprof

It's a "soundie," a 1940s ancestor to modern music videos.

Israel Noobzilla

Showman.

lisadiane55

What a fabulous entertainer. LJ is brilliant. I've been swing dancing for years and embarrassed that I only tonight discovered him.

mrstep2me

As usual, Jordan has some smoking girls in his video. One looks like Nicky O'Daniel, but I can't recognize the others.

Themaddprof

I'm a big LJ fanatic, but I've never seen this one. Too funny! This is clearly from his vaudeville days (Bert Williams, the father of Black Comedy and LJ's inspiration, did an "Elder Eatmore" routine in 1919, along with preacher routines and mock sermons similar to this). A good companion piece to Jordan's "Deacon Jones." Classic and clever foolishness.

boogaludo

Great performance

ArtLoversStudio18

@jammymor Thanks so much. It's funny-- I never heard of this gentleman before and his/ their performance is hard to define. Is this kind of act considered blues-big band/jazz or it is considered comedy?

James Marino

@ArtLoversStudio18 .. Louie Jordan is a country boy from the state of Arkansas..he is one cool cat and can swing like no one else though.. he inspired Chuck Berry, Little Richard, James Brown, and was BB King's main influence.. not to mention every sax player after him.. what a legend !!

ArtLoversStudio18

Wonderful. Where is this from?

Tyler Buer

That's the most energetic reading of the alphabet I've ever heard. I love this video.

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